Linked List: November 16, 2013

Saturday, 16 November 2013

Doxie Flip and Doxie Go 

My thanks to Doxie for sponsoring this week’s DF RSS feed to promote their terrific mobile scanners.

  • The just launched Doxie Flip reimagines the flatbed scanner. It’s cordless, battery powered, and just about the size of a book. Doxie Flip uniquely flips over to perfectly capture photos, sketches, notes, books, creative ideas, and Field Notes brand pocket notebooks.

  • Doxie Go is the tiny, rechargeable paper scanner that scans anywhere, with no computer required, then syncs directly to your Mac. Create searchable PDFs with a click. It’s the perfect way to go paperless, with great Mac software to boot.

They’re both great products. I’ve had a Doxie Go for over a year and it works exactly as advertised. I love hardware products from small indie companies, and Doxie is one of my favorite examples.

Steve Ballmer on His Retirement as Microsoft CEO 

Monica Langley, writing for the WSJ:

Microsoft lagged behind Apple Inc. and Google Inc. in important consumer markets, despite its formidable software revenue. Mr. Ballmer tried to spell out his plan to remake Microsoft, but a director cut him off, telling him he was moving too slowly.

“Hey, dude, let’s get on with it,” lead director John Thompson says he told him. “We’re in suspended animation.” Mr. Ballmer says he replied that he could move faster.

Apple and Samsung Combine to Take 109 Percent of Handset Industry Profits 

Neil Hughes, writing for AppleInsider:

The latest data from Canaccord Genuity, shared with AppleInsider by analyst T. Michael Walkley on Thursday, estimates that Apple took 56 percent of the operating profits for feature phones and smartphones in the third quarter of calendar 2013. Coming in close second was Samsung, which took 53 percent of industry profits.

In contrast, all of the competition lost money, with the exception of Sony, which broke even during the quarter.